I usually wait until mid-January to write something on this topic but this week I saw my first severe pruning of a crape myrtle for this dormant season earlier this month. So, instead of visions ...

MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of crape myrtles, dwarf yaupon hollies, hibiscus, lichen on ...

I prefer crape, but either one is acceptable in polite company. The controversy I'm referring to is the pruning -- or shall I call it the annual butchering -- of crape myrtles. This happens almost ...

But, whether you want your crepe myrtle to reach towards the sky or maintain a more shrub-like appearance, some annual pruning is usually necessary. Want to make sure you prune your crepe myrtles at ...

A Southern Living magazine article in 1997 referred to the adverse pruning practice of severely cutting crepe myrtles down to stubs, terming it “crepe myrtle murder.” The phrase remains in use ...

For summer flowering shrubs, late winter/early spring, before green up begins, is the best time to prune for them to look ...

But, whether you want your crepe myrtle to reach towards the sky or maintain a more shrub-like appearance, some annual pruning is usually necessary. Want to make sure you prune your crepe myrtles ...